Antislipping device for ladders



- w. A. HEARN ANTISLIPPING DEVICE FOR {LADDERS Original Filed Dec. 5,1916' WITNESS: JNVENTOR.

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Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTISLIPPING DEVICE FOR. LADDERS.

Substitute for application Serial No. 135,164, filed December 5, 1916.This application filed January 21,

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVAL'rEn A. II'EARN, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residin at Baltimore city, in the State of Maryland, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Antislipping Devices forLadders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in anti-slipping devices forladders, the objects of which are 1st, to provide a new article ofmanufacture,

2nd. To provide a device for preventing the slipping of ladders whenused on pol ished surfaces such as highly polished floors, glassskylights, etc;

3rd. To provide a separate fixture which can be carried or soldindependently of the ladder;

4th. To provide a means for readily attaching a tacky or sticky adhesivematerial like insulating or tire tape, to the under surface of theanti-slipping attachment;

5th. To provide a means for tying the device toa ladder when out of use,or a means for carrying it independently of the ladder. I attain theseobjects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- The figure is a perspective view of my anti-slipping device.

This application is a substitute for application Serial Number 135,16l,filed Dec. 5, 1916.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a block of anysuitable material arranged to hold the leg of a ladder upon Serial No.3,889.

its upper surface 6 and is provided with raised sides 2 to retain theladder upon the said surface 6; and this block is provided with a groove3 around the sides near the bottom, in which is inserted the ends 8 ofthe sticky tape 4c which is heldin the groove 3 of the block 1 by thewire band 5 or other suitable device such as a cord, rubber band, etc.

7 is a hole bored in the side of the block 1 to enable it to be tied orotherwise secured to a ladder by a cord or other suitable means.

I do not care to limit myself to any particular design of block, nor tothe method for securing the sticky surface to the block.

What I claim is,

1. An independent rectangular support ing means for a ladder footprovided with an anti-slipping means engaging the bottom of saidsupporting means and provided with means for securing the saidantislipping means to said supporting means, comprising a detachableflexible element.

2. In an anti-slipping ladder foot supporting means, a separate fixtureindependent of the ladder foot, comprising a supporting means for theladder foot provided with an oblong strip of flexible anti-slippingmaterialengaging the bottom of said supporting means and a flexibleelement extending crosswise of the said anti-slipping material andengaging the sides of the said supporting means for detachably securingthe said anti-slipping material to the said supporting means.

VVALTER A. HEARN.

